Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 160% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 153% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	158% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	370% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 02:59
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 164 2-Core 323 104% 193 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 994 98% 801 Pts	64-Core 1,341 83% 1,341 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Lighting 245 Reflection 203 Parallax 195 200% 214 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 187 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2002 1995 2000 1950 1907 1832 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	370% Outstanding	Read 2,707 Write 2,201 Mixed 1,419 SusWrite 1,948 463% 2,069 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 82.8 281% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,327 DQ Write 1,167 DQ Mixed 1,204 914% 1,233 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 370% Great: 393%
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB-$188 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 12GB free Firmware: 0007 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 328 Write 218 Mixed 235 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 14.4 121% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 92.9 98% 162 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 139GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 76 77 77 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 104 Write 87 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 76.7 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 76%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 155 150 155 164 160 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 149 Write 165 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 158 189% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.4 120% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 98%
Innostor Innostor 64GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 59GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 48 49 49 49 49 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 117 Write 66 Mixed 64 SusWrite 49 91% 74 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 39% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4600 C19 2x8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 24 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 122%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,117x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,663x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,205x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	537x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	425x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	472x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16